TY - JOUR
T1 - External knowledge sourcing in the Spanish archaeological sector
T2 - Mapping the emergent stage of a business activity
AU - Parga-Dans, Eva
AU - Castro-Martínez, Elena
AU - Sánchez-Barrioluengo, Mabel
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147304/PT#
UID/SOC/04647/2013
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Recent studies of innovation highlight the importance of external knowledge sourcing. Existing empirical works are based on national surveys and specific industries. The present study contributes to the analysis of strategies for sourcing external knowledge, based on a specific case study and moment in time: The Spanish archaeological sector and its emergence as a new business activity. Our results show that external knowledge sourcing involves diverse mechanisms, agents and two main strategies: Cooperation and knowledge acquisition. In an expanding knowledge-based sector emerging in an uncertain context and whose sources of knowledge are scattered, innovation strategy should focus on the search for external knowledge -cooperation and acquisition strategies-, rather than on internal sources.
AB - Recent studies of innovation highlight the importance of external knowledge sourcing. Existing empirical works are based on national surveys and specific industries. The present study contributes to the analysis of strategies for sourcing external knowledge, based on a specific case study and moment in time: The Spanish archaeological sector and its emergence as a new business activity. Our results show that external knowledge sourcing involves diverse mechanisms, agents and two main strategies: Cooperation and knowledge acquisition. In an expanding knowledge-based sector emerging in an uncertain context and whose sources of knowledge are scattered, innovation strategy should focus on the search for external knowledge -cooperation and acquisition strategies-, rather than on internal sources.
KW - Archaeological sector
KW - External knowledge sourcing
KW - Innovation
KW - Interaction mechanisms
KW - Uncertainty
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85017509349&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3989/redc.2017.1.1380
DO - 10.3989/redc.2017.1.1380
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85017509349
SN - 0210-0614
VL - 40
JO - Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica
JF - Revista Espanola de Documentacion Cientifica
IS - 1
ER -